Last weekend we went on a canoe trip to the Platte River near the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Seashore. As I was waiting for Kevin to get back from downstream where he dropped the car, the canoe-guru (young man in charge of setting up canoes for people who rented - we didn't - we have our own very nice canoe) stared intently into the water near the dock. Always the curious geek, I asked what he was looking at. He said something to the effect that he thought the crayfish in the water were having sex. Yes, indeed they were. The water was very clear so I took a picture. We canoed for several hours. The weather was perfect (unlike today where it is very cold and windy - Oklahoma cold) and the fall color was peak. There were herons on the bank, some very interesting yet-to-be-identified woodpecker in the trees and king salmon in the river. Yes, king salmon. They stock them for the spawn. They are BIG fish! We also climbed the dunes. Not the part where everyone, their kids and grandmothers climb. No - we had to do the crazy thing and climb the very steep, slidy (is that a word?) part. This is a picture of my feet as I was looking down from about 3/4 of the way up.
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